The Basilica of Mary Help of Christians in Turin was designed by Antonio Spezia, who took inspiration from the facade of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice. John Bosco commissioned it to coordinate Salesian activities in the Valdocco suburb. Carlo Buzzetti, one of the first boys of the Oratory, was the builder. The first stone was laid on April 27, 1865, and the church was consecrated in 1868.
The infobox lists Neoclassical, but the text names no style, materials or dimensions. The nave holds the tombs of John Bosco, Maria Domenica Mazzarello and Dominic Savio. The crypt holds the tombs of Michele Rua and others, plus about six thousand numbered relics.
Pope Leo XIII granted a canonical coronation to the painted image of Mary in 1903. The church is a pontifical church and Marian shrine, and it contains Bosco's remains. It became a minor basilica in 1911, a date marked as needing a citation. The article gives no hours.
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